Petticoat.



APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6 1908.

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EDWARD Gr. MURRAY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PETTICOAT.

Application filed. June 6, 1908.

To all wh0m it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD Gr. MURRAY, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Petticoat, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to a new and useful petticoat and consists informing the same round or circular, without any folds or plaits.

It further consists of new and novel means for adjusting the band.

It further consists of other novel features of construction, all as willbe hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 representsa front elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 representsa rear elevation thereof. Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of aportion of the device. Fig. 4: represents a sectional view on line w-m,Fig. 2.

I have found in practice that it is of advantage to have apetticoat fitclosely to the body and to present a smooth and neat appearance entirelyaround the same and also to provide an adjustment on the waist band inorder to fit various sized waists. In the drawings, I have shown aconstruction which I have found in practice operates successfully but itwill be evident that the arrangement of the parts may be varied andother instrumentalities may be employed which will come within the scopeof my invention and I do not therefore desire to be limited in everyinstance to the. exact construction as herein shown and described butdesire to make such changes as may be necessary.

Sim'lar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings. 1 designates a petticoat consisting of themain or body por tion 2 which is preferably formed of a single orintegral piece of material, the edges 3 of which are inclined or extendat an angle to each other and to which is sewed or otherwise secured theinserted portion 4 which is V-shaped.

5 designates the waist band separated at the placket and adjacent oneend of the band is connected a plurality of portions 6 of a fasteningdevice and to the other end of the waist band is connected a pluralityof the other portions 7 of a fastening device, said Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Nov. 24, 1908.

Serial No. 437,051.

fastening devices 6 and 7 in the drawings being of the clip and buttonconstruction although any other suitable form of device may be employed.

The upper portion of the body 2 and the upper portion of the V-piece lare formed with the placket, the edges of which are preferably inturnedas at 8 for strengthening the placket, and it will be noted that thesaid fastenings are placed on opposite sides of the placket on the waistband. By the construction seen it will be apparent that I am enabled toform a circular petticoat, as best seen in Fig. l, and that by formingthe upper portion of the body 2 with the darts 9, the petticoat will beconstructed to fit closely to the body, without any wrinkling or withoutany unevenness, since all plaits, folds etc, are avoided. By theconstruction of the fastening means the waist band is adapted fordifferent sized waists without any projection of the waist band beyondthe plane of the placket, so that all unnecessary material is obviated.

I am aware that dress skirts for bicycle riders have been made withV-shaped insertions but large plaits have been used in the skirt so thatthe said plaits break the continuity of the circular effect of the skirtwhich defeats the very purpose of my invention, which is to provide acontinuous circular bell-shaped petticoat adapted to closely and snuglyfit the body and thus prevent wrinkling and bulging of dress skirtswhich would otherwise spoil the fit thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is 2 A bell-shaped, close fitting skirt,comprising front, sides and upper back port-ions formed of a singlepiece of material, the rear edges of said material converging toward thewaist, and the upper back portions detachably secured together, aV-shaped insert secured to said converging edges, and constituting thesole means of permanent connection therebetween, said insert terminatinga short distance below the waist, whereby a plain unbroken surface ispresented forming a continuous circular garment.

EDWARD G. MURRAY.

